the latest autism numbers are out
AUTISM RATES CONTINUE TO CLIMB WITH NO END IN SIGHT Although the stats are four years old, the CDC just released the latest AUTISM (ASD) numbers in this week’s edition of Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (Prevalence of Autism Spectrum Disorder Among Children Aged 8 Years — Autism and Developmental Disabilities Monitoring Network, 11 Sites, […]
cherry-picking the evidence: is there a difference between what i do and what big pharma does?
CHERRY PICKING THE EVIDENCE: IS IT OK TO CHERRY-PICK SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH? The Cambridge Dictionary describes cherry-picking thusly: To pick only the best people or things from a group, so that only people or things that are less good remain. Example; The new schools were accused of cherry-picking the best students in the area. In basketball, […]
why so many drugs appear better / safer than they really are
SKEWED STATS MAKE DRUGS LOOK WONDERFUL Lindsay Fox from Newport beach Don’t you find it interesting that numerous drugs pass FDA muster, only to later be removed from the public after experts “discover” how dangerous and/or ineffective they really are? Today I am going to give you a small taste of exactly how that happens, […]
this week in flu propaganda: one more reason our government can’t be trusted concerning vaccines
THIS WEEK IN FLU PROPAGANDA: TRUST OUR GOVERNMENT’S MEDICAL EXPERTS? NOT A CHANCE! “Since the outbreak of 2009A/H1N1 influenza, antivirals, including Tamiflu, were recommended by the World Health Organization (WHO) and by US Centers for Disease Control (CDC) and their use has become popular worldwide. After the pandemic, antivirals are continuing to be recommended […]
interesting articles from a large “medical daily” provides insight into our dysfunctional national healthcare
CAN OUR DYSFUNCTIONAL NATIONAL HEALTHCARE SYSTEM BE CHANGED? Dr. Milton Packer is no slouch. And although I wouldn’t quite call him Doogie Howser; after getting his undergrad degree from Penn State, he received his MD degree from Jefferson Medical College back in 1973 —- when he was (gulp) 22 years old. Since that time his career […]
trust the cdc? not me!
FOR THOSE WHO THINK YOU CAN TRUST THE CDC….. In case you hadn’t heard, the CDC (Centers for Disease Control) is mad — from the sounds of things, fighting mad. Maybe even mad enough to eat skunk! Among other things, they’re upset that they’ve been banned by Trump’s administration concerning their use of terminology like […]
smarter medicine
SMARTER MEDICINE: IS THERE A BETTER WAY TO PRACTICE? Back in 2013, the folks running the Swiss Federal Law on Health Insurance added a clause called The Smarter Medicine Campaign. With medical costs soaring in this European country (although still far below ours as a percentage of GDP), the powers that be got together and […]
sugar industry caught with their hand in the cookie jar: yet another proof that science is bought and paid for
The “Science” Behind A Sugary Lie You Grew Up Believing Fourteen months ago I wrote an article on a mysterious happening that occured almost six decades ago known as Projects 226 & Project 259 (HERE). These are the long-buried archives that pertained to the way that the sugar industry paid big money for their research […]
still more reasons you can’t trust big pharma
More Reasons You Can’t Trust Big Pharma Payoffs. Tit for tat. Quid pro quo. You scratch my back, I scratch yours. Whatever you want to call these “arrangements” (in many cases they are not direct cash payments), they cannot be considered anything less than outright BRIBES. And even though the problem is increasingly being brought […]
is questioning forced vaccination policies anti-scientific? why vaccines cause more damage than the medical community is letting on
“The 1986 Report… makes clear that ‘side effects that were unavoidable’ refers to side effects stemming from a vaccine’s design that were unavoidable. By explaining what Congress meant by the term ‘unavoidable,’ moreover, the Report also confirms that whether a side effect is ‘unavoidable’ involves a specific inquiry in each case as to whether the […]
marxism for the health of it?
The Marxist Takeover of Healthcare In exposing communism for the deadly farce it really is, few have done a better job than Eric Arthur Blair. If you haven’t picked up Animal Farm or 1984 since high school, go back and see how brilliant, insightful and prophetic Orwell really was. That’s right George Orwell was Blair’s […]
medical schools embracing alternatives?
WHAT’S THE WORLD COMING TO? MEDICAL SCHOOLS EMBRACING ALTERNATIVE THERAPIES & TREATMENTS “Human sacrifice, dogs and cats living together… mass hysteria!” Dr. Peter Venkman (Bill Murray) from 1984’s Ghostbusters No one is arguing that Dr. Steven Novella is not a smart guy. Heck; he’s a neurologist and researcher at Yale. Just understand that he and his […]
brand new jama study exposes and explains invisible and abandoned research
GETTING RID OF UNWANTED RESEARCH: INVISIBLE AND ABANDONED STUDIES ARE A HUGE PROBLEM Although I’ve talked to you plenty about INVISIBLE AND ABANDONED studies in the past, this is a topic that you must stay up-to-date on. A study published just three days ago in JAMA (Association of Trial Registration With Reporting of Primary Outcomes […]
new study shows that a third of all medical treatment is unnecessary
What if I Told You Your Doctor Visits Might Be Unnecessary? The brand new issue of the medical journal PLoS One published a study called Overtreatment in the United States. Those of you who have been following my blog long enough know that I’ve shared my opinion on this phenomenon of OVERDIAGNOSIS & OVERTREATMENT before. […]
the medical community is getting hot to trot for inflammation as the cause of chronic disease: why now?
NEW INFORMATION? INFLAMMATION AS THE CAUSE OF SICKNESS AND DISEASE… BRAND NEW STUDY PROVES THAT THE SCIENTIFIC MEDICAL COMMUNITY IS TRYING TO SNOW YOU I have been telling people for a very long time that INFLAMMATION is the root of virtually all sickness and disease — even many of those (maybe even the majority of […]
what the scientific community is increasingly saying about routine blood work and physical examinations
ROUTINE BLOOD WORK AND PHYSICAL EXAMINATIONS: NOT AS “ROUTINE” AS ONCE THOUGHT I am not going to spend a lot of time discussing annual physical examinations because I’ve already shown you that for at least 30 years, the peer-reviewed scientific literature has been saying they are largely a waste of time and money (HERE). Sure, […]
evidence-based medicine & reproducibility in biomedical research: reproducing a nightmare
Why No Reproducibility in Biomedical Research? “Credibility is everything for science, and it is built over time in both obvious and subtle ways. Within the last 12 months, the reproducibility of science, a lynchpin of credibility, has come under intense scrutiny, both from the NIH and other government funding bodies, as well as in […]
evidence-based medicine: the more things change, the more they stay the same
EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE: TRYING TO MAKE A JALOPY LOOK LIKE A LAMBORGHINI Jalopies certainly have a “cool” factor, but they don’t exactly make for good transportation. Back in October of 1991, Richard Smith showed us that in many ways, we’ve been confusing that old beater with a million dollar sports cars. You see, this Richard […]
alternative medicine: science or quackery?
SORRY, BUT THE COURT OF PUBLIC OPINION HAS SHIFTED AND THE “ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE” BUS HAS ALREADY LEFT TOWN! Today we will revisit a debate that’s been around for hundreds of years (maybe longer) — the debate between MECHANISM -VS- VITALISM. As is often the case, today’s version of the controversy has been dressed up to […]
new study shows yet again just how dangerous pharmaceutical drugs really are
THE JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION PROVIDES ANOTHER STUDY ON THE DANGERS OF MEDICINE Thanks to the internet, the fact that pharmaceutical drugs are dangerous no longer comes as a shock to most people. What is a shock, however, is just how dangerous many drugs that have been touted as safe for decades really […]